Dorothy J. "Dot" Neal, 100, Raymore, Mo., formerly of Hamilton, Mo., passed away in Raymore at the Foxwood Springs Care Center on January 9, 2017.

Dorothy was born on June 22, 1916, in Polo, Mo., to Frank and Mabel Clair (Newton) Moore. She had attended school at the Cowgill, Mo., school system until the high school closed and she then graduated from the Polo, Mo., High School.

Dot worked for and retired from the Stride Rite Shoe Factory in Hamilton. She and her husband lived on their farm in Daviess County until 1976 before moving to town in Hamilton.

She was a member of the Methodist Wesley Chapel in Daviess County and later attended church at the Hamilton United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Hamilton American Legion Post #285 Women's Auxiliary and a past member of the Pollyanna Quest Club.

On February 3, 1945, she married Edgar A. "Mutt" Neal in Kansas. He preceded her in death. She was also preceded by her parents; Grandson-Zacc Victory; and Sister-Kathaleen Martin.

Survivors: Daughters-Charlotte Ann (Bill) Thompson, Raymore, Mo.; and Kathaleen Amelia (D Frank) Plater, Oklahoma City, OK; 6 grandchildren: Brian (Ellen) Edwards, Corey (Shannon) Edwards, Sarah Plater, Ronnie (Courtney) Thompson, Adam (Megan) Thompson, and Andy (Jennifer) Thompson; and 10 great-grandchildren-Jordan, Abby, Jacob, Kaleigh, and David Edwards, Sam, Jack, Taylor, and Brady Thompson, and Marley Hock; and numerous other cousins and family members.

Funeral Service: 2 p.m., Saturday, January 21, 2017, at the Hamilton United Methodist Church, Hamilton, Mo.

Visitation: 1 hour prior to the service at the church.

Interment: Highland Cemetery, Hamilton.

Memorials may be made in Dot's memory to the Hamilton United Methodist Church.

Friends may call after 9 a.m., on Friday, January 20.